female impersonator
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of female impersonator
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Morrison, who has performed as a female impersonator for many years and hosted a drag show fundraiser for his campaign, could become the first gay person elected to the Delaware General Assembly.
From Washington Times • Sep. 12, 2020
A Chicago mobster falls for a female impersonator, actually a woman, in 1930s Paris.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2019
He also composed in 1972 “Comme Ils Disent,” about a gay man who works as a female impersonator.
From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2018
In the 1970s, Mr. White produced “Housewife! Superstar!,” an early full-length performance by the Australian comic actor and female impersonator Barry Humphries as his alter ego, Dame Edna Everage.
From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2016
Say, Rolls, are you the great female impersonator?
From Winnie Childs The Shop Girl by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)
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